Herring's Pippin
syn. Herring's Seedling
Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have been raised by Mr Herring of Lincoln. It was first recorded in 1908. Introduced by Pearson of Nottingham. Fruits have moderately firm, rather coarse-textured juicy flesh with a good aromatic almost aniseed flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary / Dessert
- Shape
- Oblong
- Width
- 83.00 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 68.00 mm
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- high-very high
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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